Version 1.0.0 press and media

[Richard Downer <ri...@apache.org>]

Hello all!

Apache Brooklyn 1.0.0 is nearing release (the next RC is building as I
write this), and with 1.0.0 being a nice round number it's a good
opportunity to get some free press out of our release :-)

I've approached the ASF's media team and our VP of Marketing and Publicity,
Sally Khudairi, is happy to help us write a press release and will issue it
through the ASF's media channels. The recommendation is to issue it on a
Tuesday - if I get this RC out tonight, I'd be closing the vote on next
Monday morning and we'd get the release published in time for a press
release Tuesday next week!

Sally suggests we look at https://s.apache.org/HK21 and
https://s.apache.org/aznB for examples of The ASF's house style for project
press releases. We'll need to pull together an introductory section and key
points about our project/release. Then it's followed by quotes from the PMC
Chair (are you up for this Geoff, or happy for someone to ghost-write for
you?) and possibly others in the PMC, and quotes from community members -
typically from tech companies that are using the project. My employer,
Cloudsoft, is a big user of Apache Brooklyn and will likely supply a
quotation, but quotes from other people and companies will be very valuable.

I'll put together a draft for the first part of the press release and share
it for comments, but I'd like to appeal to our community - do you use
Apache Brooklyn and would you like to contribute a quote for our press
release? If so please let me know as soon as possible!

Thanks
Richard

Re: Version 1.0.0 press and media

[Geoff Macartney <ge...@gmail.com>]

>Then it's followed by quotes from the PMC
>Chair (are you up for this Geoff, or happy for someone to ghost-write for
you?)

I'll be more than happy to put together a couple of remarks Richard!

On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 22:09, Richard Downer <ri...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> Apache Brooklyn 1.0.0 is nearing release (the next RC is building as I
> write this), and with 1.0.0 being a nice round number it's a good
> opportunity to get some free press out of our release :-)
>
> I've approached the ASF's media team and our VP of Marketing and Publicity,
> Sally Khudairi, is happy to help us write a press release and will issue it
> through the ASF's media channels. The recommendation is to issue it on a
> Tuesday - if I get this RC out tonight, I'd be closing the vote on next
> Monday morning and we'd get the release published in time for a press
> release Tuesday next week!
>
> Sally suggests we look at https://s.apache.org/HK21 and
> https://s.apache.org/aznB for examples of The ASF's house style for
> project
> press releases. We'll need to pull together an introductory section and key
> points about our project/release. Then it's followed by quotes from the PMC
> Chair (are you up for this Geoff, or happy for someone to ghost-write for
> you?) and possibly others in the PMC, and quotes from community members -
> typically from tech companies that are using the project. My employer,
> Cloudsoft, is a big user of Apache Brooklyn and will likely supply a
> quotation, but quotes from other people and companies will be very
> valuable.
>
> I'll put together a draft for the first part of the press release and share
> it for comments, but I'd like to appeal to our community - do you use
> Apache Brooklyn and would you like to contribute a quote for our press
> release? If so please let me know as soon as possible!
>
> Thanks
> Richard
>